ALL NOVEL Chapter 177.1
“The flames were so powerful that they could even burn the thunder,” said a cultivator in the crowd after a long silence, his voice filled with admiration.
“Senior Brother Cheng’s flame must have been extraordinary. A cultivator who could form core at such an age must have great opportunities,” said another person, his tone full of envy.
Where there was envy, there was naturally jealousy. Someone else overheard and said sourly, “I don’t know if Senior Brother Cheng could survive this tribulation like Master Li Tianyan. If he couldn’t survive, no matter how good the flame was, it would have been useless.”
While several people were talking, the second level of the thunder tribulation couldn’t wait to strike.
After watching Li Tianyan’s thunder tribulation, Cheng Qi became more aware of the power of thunder, so he couldn’t afford to use too much of his true spiritual energy on the second thunder tribulation, especially since his energy wasn’t as strong as Li Tianyan’s.
Seeing a thunderbolt as thick as the mouth of a bowl falling, Cheng Qi used a thunder talisman and flicked a fire whip to activate it. A thunder imbued with the breath of Nether Fire exploded toward the sky thunder descending from above and rushed forward.
The thunder fire collided with the sky thunder, and the deafening thunder nearly pierced everyone’s ears. After a dazzling flash, most of the sky thunder was swallowed up by the thunder fire, and more thunder flowers fell.
The aura of the second level of the thunder tribulation was far more powerful than the first. Cheng Qi saw these thunders and Tan Eyu releasing several ghosts to resist them.
These fierce ghosts were struck by the thunder, and their souls were torn away within a few breaths, but they managed to stop most of it. The remaining few thunderbolts fell on the two of them.
The aura of sky thunder was overbearing, and it could tear through skin and flesh at the slightest touch. Even though Cheng Qi wore highly defensive clothes, it couldn’t prevent the intrusion of the sky thunder’s aura. Soon, large and small lightning injuries appeared all over his body, his robe torn in several places. Fortunately, his close-fitting silk gauze remained intact.
Li Tianyan kept his eyes on Cheng Qi. Seeing that the shark silk gauze on his body could still cover him, he didn’t act immediately. However, seeing Cheng Qi face the thunder tribulation alone, Li Tianyan clenched his fists tighter and tighter.
Before the first thunderstorm had ended, the thundercloud rumbled again. Two more thunderbolts fell, and Cheng Qi once again used two thunder talismans.
After the sky thunder was deflected by the thunder fire, Tan Eyu repeated her old trick and released more than a dozen ghosts to help resist it. These ghosts, once treacherous and evil people in life, showed no signs of fear or sadness when they perished under the thunder.
The second level of the Heavenly Thunder saw Cheng Qi and Tan Eyu cooperating tacitly, allowing them to survive it safely. When the Heavenly Thunder temporarily paused, Cheng Qi took two more pills and used his skills to release their power, quickly healing his wounds and replenishing his energy.
In less than a moment, the third level of sky thunder began. Its aura was stronger than all the previous ones combined. Cheng Qi drew a talisman with both hands, then used Nether Fire to activate it. A powerful fire surged upwards and connected with the sky thunder.
Tan Eyu released dozens of ghosts to block the scattered sky thunder, and Cheng Qi also summoned two core formation puppets to help share some of the burden. Despite this, both he and Tan Eyu still took a heavy toll from the thunder.
Cheng Qi was relatively unharmed, though a few more bloody wounds appeared on his body. Tan Eyu, however, was eroded by the thunder and lightning energy, and her soul seemed to burn from the sparks, with some smoke even escaping.
In the blink of an eye, two thunderbolts fell, and Cheng Qi released the talisman to unleash more flames. Then came three more thunderbolts, followed by four. The two puppets were completely disabled, and Cheng Qi had to summon two more.
However, after enduring the sixth thunder, Cheng Qi had very little real energy left. It was no longer enough to maintain the talisman.
The talisman was meant to compress and release Nether Fire. Though it could make the fire more powerful, it consumed more energy. Cheng Qi had already reached his limit in surviving these six thunderbolts.
“Senior Brother Cheng seemed to have exhausted his true spiritual energy. How should he deal with the sky thunder next?”
“Master Li Tianyan is indeed an extraordinary person, his true spiritual energy is terrifyingly rich.”
“Is Senior Brother Cheng really going to die like this in a thunderstorm?”
“The remaining thunderbolts are particularly terrifying. If he doesn’t have other means of saving his life, he definitely wouldn’t be able to survive.”
Cheng Qi took out a jade bottle containing three drops of blood essence, looked at Tan Eyu, and asked, “Are you ready?”
“What are you preparing for?” Before Tan Eyu could finish his words, Cheng Qi punched the ghost-fighting order, painted with essence and blood.
Tan Eyu’s red wedding dress instantly transformed into a brocade-red royal python robe. Even her appearance and temperament underwent earth-shaking changes. The Tianlong Seal on her forehead grew even more powerful, making people want to bow their heads in reverence.
“That’s… the legendary Tianlong Royal Family…” A cultivator recognized the Tianlong Seal and was so shocked that he was almost speechless.
After being reminded by this person, others also realized that the Tianlong Royal Family was an ancient legend. Like many mythical beasts, they had long since disappeared in the long river of history. No one expected to see the Tianlong Royal Family reappear.
“Tan Eyu is the reincarnation of the Tianlong Royal Family, and I actually bought medicinal pills from the Tianlong Royal Family,” someone said in disbelief.
When Su Yu saw the appearance of the Tianlong Royal Family, he couldn’t help but be shocked. “Cheng Qi actually took one of the Tianlong Royal Family and used it as a ghost slave.”